Mandatory testing turned up something one nursing home did not expect
One in three of the positive cases – about a half dozen people – were asymptomatic and were unknowingly spreading the virus.
DALLAS — The state has embarked on a herculean effort to test more than 230,000 residents and staff at Texas’ 1,224 licensed nursing homes by the end of the month.
“This disease is like no other we’ve treated before. No one presents with the classic signs and symptoms,” said Ashley Green, a registered nurse at Presbyterian Village North in Dallas.
The senior care facility where she works started testing about a month before the governor ordered it.
“We’ve been testing since mid-April,” said CEO Tim Mallad.
To date, Presbyterian Village North has tested 922 residents and staff.
Of that population, 20 tests came back positive; 11 were employees and nine were residents.
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